6oo THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
consequently of the very characteristic odour of G. Rohertia7ium ; 
(3) the smaller size of the parts of the flower. What relation does 
this bear to the G. purpureujn^ auct. angl., of the ‘ London 
Catalogue’? In Brebisson’s ‘FI. de Normandie’ two species (besides 
G. Ro/)ertia?iuf?i) are given (i) G. tninutiflorum^ Jord. = G. purpureum, 
Vill. pro parte, of which G. modestum, Jord., is put down as a variety ; 
{ 2 ) G. Lehelii^ Bor., the description of which will not fit the Jersey 
plant. In the ‘Students’ Flora’ G. purpiireuni., Vill. = G. modestum, 
Jord. = G. Lebelii, Bor., and according to Reichenbach G. Rail, Lindl. 
also = G. purpureum, Vill., though English authorities seem to regard 
it a,s a “shaggy” maritime form of G. lucidum, Linn. In Smith’s 
‘ English Flora ” Geranium lucidtwi saxatiie, foliis Gerajiii Robertiani 
(an excellent description of the Jersey plant) is given as a var. of G. 
Robertia^ium, Linn. Can anyone disentangle these synonyms ? In 
Lloyd’s ‘ Flore de I’Ouest de la France ’ G. purpureum^ Vill., is the 
only species given besides G. Robertianiwi, and it is made to include 
G. 77iodestu77i and G. 77iifmtifloru7n. Jord. — L. V. Lester. “This is 
the plant we call purpureiwi in Britain. It differs from G. piirp7ire7i77i^ 
Vill, in having downy carpels.” — E. F. Linton. G. pu7pureu77i, Vill., 
is distinguished from G. Robert ia7i7wi by its shorter and narrower 
petals, and its carpels being more closely or thickly rugose. G. 
77wdestu77i, Jord., is a form of G. purpureu777 'nith. a less hairy calyx. 
G. 77iinutifloru77i^ Jord., is a southern maritime var. of G. purpureu77ii'‘ 
— \V. R. L. 
I77ipatiens parviflora^ DC. On the debris of the granite quarry at 
Buittle Bridge, Dalbeattie, S.-E. Kirkcudbrightshire, 14th July 
1899. — Charles Bailey. “ Seems right.” — E. F. Linton. 
Medicago denticulata, Willd. Foot of railway bank on the road to 
Kirkgunzeon, north of Dalbeattie, S.-E. Kirkcudbrightshire, 13th July 
1899. — Chares Bailey. “Right; probably an alien.”— E. F. Linton. 
Vida ge77iella, Crantz, var. teiiuisswia. Tachbrook, ^^’arwickshire, 
August 1899.- — H. Bromwich. “This is not quite the plant, as I 
understand it, of Fries, which he described as Ervu77i tetrasperinu77i^ 
var. te7mifoliu77i, and which should have narrow and acute leaflets. In 
the plant supplied by Mr. Bromwich, although the upper leaves have 
acute leaflets, the lower ones are blunt and mucronate ; whether this 
is so with the other specimens contributed by Mr. Bromwich I am 
unable to say. In the second edition of Fries’ ‘Novitia Floras Suecicae,’ 
p. 231 (1828), the description runs ‘ foliolis linearibus acutis, pedun- 
culis unifloris.’ ” — G. Claridge Druce. “ The leaflets generally in 
Mr. Bromwich’s plants were mucronate rather than acute.” — ^V. R. L. 
V. Cracca^ Linn., var. mca7ia, Thuill. Whitnash, Warwickshire, 
August 1899. — H. Bromwich. “See ‘Report,’ 1897, 541.” — W. R. L. 
F. lathyroides, Linn. Between St. Anne’s and Blackpool, W. Lancs , 
3rd May 1S99. County record for v.c. 60. — J. A. Wheldon. 
